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The significance of Laba Festival

1, healthy

China's food culture has the custom of tonic in autumn and winter, and many holiday foods in autumn and winter are related to health preservation and nourishing. People in China believe that porridge is the foundation of nourishing people, and keeping healthy with porridge has become an important dietary tradition of the nation. Laba Festival is in the cold winter, so eating porridge has become a good holiday diet. There are many legends about the origin of Laba porridge, but the folks are the most practical. No matter what kind of legend it is, it is just a reason why people nourish their bodies with porridge. With the change of culture, the legend faded, but the porridge was still warm and sweet. This reflects a very important phenomenon, that is, China people's pursuit of a healthy life is unwavering. The revival of Laba Festival, or the evocation of the cultural memory of this festival, will be able to well adapt to the contemporary concept of pursuing a healthy life, emphasizing nutrition, health and physical fitness, which is the spirit of healthy life worthy of inheriting and carrying forward Laba Festival.

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Step 2 be frugal

Laba Festival becomes "frugality day", which is a good way to inherit and innovate festival culture. Some cultural researchers suggest setting Laba as frugality day. First of all, all the legends of Laba Festival reflect a problem. Don't underestimate the function of a bowl of porridge. At the critical moment, it can save a life and achieve great things, which shows the importance of saving every grain. Secondly, from the custom of making Laba porridge itself, it also makes people tighten their belts, clean up the millet in the warehouse and cook it together, so as not to waste a grain and avoid eating and drinking; Thirdly, only thrift can reduce the pressure of human demand for resources, protect nature and inherit the traditional ecological protection concept in China. It can be said that thrift is the best way to pay tribute to the human mother, the earth. Setting Laba as a frugal day can carry forward Laba's traditional culture. Laba is not far from the Spring Festival. At this time, we should emphasize thrift to prevent people from wasting during the Spring Festival. Let people not forget that there are people living in poverty in our country, as well as children who drop out of school because of poverty, especially those who are in distress due to disasters.

Although a bowl of porridge is "small", "small porridge" can also be a "masterpiece", extracting festival cultural elements that respect cultural traditions and embody the spirit of the times.

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3. Nuo culture

The exorcism ceremony was held on the day before Laba, which provided an opportunity to protect Nuo culture, a multicultural heritage of China. Using Laba Festival to preserve and display China's rich and colorful Nuo culture is very beneficial to the effective survival of this world-class human cultural heritage. There are various forms of Nuo culture activities all over the country. With the application of Nuo culture, it is an excellent festival cultural activity to perform and appreciate various Nuo cultural activities in Laba Festival.

4. Religious culture

The most famous legend of Laba Festival is related to the religious and cultural phenomena of Buddha. Therefore, Laba Festival can also be a cultural sentiment day. People who are busy and tired can visit various religious and cultural sites after eating porridge on holidays, and feel and experience the long history and rich connotation of religious culture.